unstoppable progress is itself a put down of a whole world of people. it's a western idea and comes complete with the presumption that the west will be leading the little (brown) people on this crusade. and i'll say it again, crusade.

no presumption? it's a universal thing? well, just skipping over our forefathers, the greeks, and their non-universal but elaborate system of thought enshrining their concept of universality itself -- tell me, who's gonna do the deciding on what's evolved and what's not?